2431 - INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS
The Board recognizes the value to the District and to the community of a program of interscholastic athletics for as many students as feasible and in accordance with Policy 2260 - Nondiscrimination and Access to Equal Educational Opportunity. The Board believes that it is the purpose of an interscholastic program to provide the benefits of an athletic experience to as large a number of students as feasible within the District.
The program of interscholastic athletics should provide students the opportunity to exercise and test their athletic abilities in a context greater and more varied than that which can be offered by a school or the School District alone.
The program should foster the growth of school loyalty with the student body as a whole and stimulate community interest in athletics.
Game activities and practice sessions should provide many opportunities to teach the values of competition and good sportsmanship.
The District Administrator is authorized to establish a set of behavior expectations for co-curricular code participants, as well as the implementation of appropriate disciplinary procedures against those who violate these expectations.
In order to minimize health and safety risks to student-athletes and maintain ethical standards, school personnel, coaches, athletic trainers, and lay coaches should never dispense, supply, recommend, or permit the use of any drug, medication, or food supplement solely for performance-enhancing purposes.
The basis for all financial support by the Board of Education is competition. A distinction is drawn, therefore, between representing the school as a delegate, as opposed to representing the school in actual extra-curricular competition. The parameters listed below are established to assist students in extra-curricular activities and to promote individual and group excellence while representing the Durand-Arkansaw School District:
The District will pay registration fees and transportation costs for students competing in District/Regional/Sectional events.
Registration fees, transportation, lodging, and meals will be District expenses for those students and advisors representing the District in State competition. Lodging and/or meal expenses may be paid for other levels of competition and/or other non-competitive student events, such as All Conference Band and Choir rehearsals and concerts, only with prior approval of the District Administrator and based on how long the students will be away, the distance they need to travel, the starting time of the event, and other relevant factors.
Organizations competing at national competitions must do so at the expense of the student and/or activity they are representing.
Revised 10/25/17
Revised 9/15/21
T.C. 8/20/25
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